Person    | Female  Born 7/9/1533  Died 24/3/1603

Queen Elizabeth I

Daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Born Greenwich Palace. Succeeded her half-sister Queen Mary I. Reigned: 1553 - 1603. Never married, no children, so followed by James I.

Elizabeth I sponsored the slave trading voyages of John Hawkins.

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Queen Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth I statue - Harrow

Harrow School was founded in 1572 under a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I so thi...

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Forest Hill mural

{Panel 1:} A Brief Local History In medieval times this area was known as The...

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Friary House

Friary House Friary Park opened to the public on Saturday 7th May 1910 after ...

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